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Falling for Therapy: Psychotherapy from a Client's Point of View
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Product Description
If the aim of psychotherapy is to alleviate suffering, then the measure of its validity must be the extent to which it does or does not achieve that goal. But who decides whether suffering has been alleviated, or whether the well-being of the client has been promoted? On what basis are such judgements made? The majority of literature on the effectiveness of therapy is written by therapists. This book, written by a client, challenges the power of theory, and in so doing presents an appeal for greater sensitivity, a critical view and better practice.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #372277 in Books
- Published on: 2000-08-14
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
Self and Society
I would recommend (this book) not only to clients and intending clients but to intending and practicing counsellors and therapists.
Emmy van Deurzen, New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling
I have found it of great interest, particularly as a testimony to what is helpful and harmful to clients.
David Smail
It seems to me a very intelligent, perceptive and well informed - not to say accurate - appraisal of psychotherapy...
Customer Reviews
De-bunking the closed world of psychoanalysis
Anna Sands has blown the lid off the closed and often destructive world of psychoanalysis. In this insightful and discursive book she explains how psychanalysis can feel from a client's point of view. The often cold and detached practitioners can have an adverse effect on the client who, according to Sands, needs loving, caring support and someone to identify with, not someone who is determined to read into every tedious detail and ignore the overall aim of anaysis: to put clients back on their feet. Sands deals with this paradox well and explains in laymen's terms the key approaches of psychoanalysists and how these can come unstuck by an analysist's lack of the common touch or ability to deal with their own projections and resistences. Excellent reading for those on the couch or those who have undergone psychoanalysis. It points out the pitfalls and benefits of various psychoanalytical approaches. Altogether an invaluable guide for clients and professionals.
